Aldi and Lidl recall: The budget supermarkets have warned customers about these products

Aldi and Lidl have are recalling a string of products - over concerns that their ingredients might not be what you think they are.

If you have bought any of the below products, you are urged to return them immediately. You will receive a full refund.

These are the recalls, announced through the Food Standards Agency, and why they are being made:

LIDL:

Drinking sticks

Lidl is recalling four varieties of itsDeluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticksas they contain various allergens which are not legible on the packaging.

This is because ingredients are not written in English.

Worryingly for shoppers, this means the products are a possible health risk to anyone with an allergy to soya, an allergy or intolerance to milk or its constituents, an allergy to nuts or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.

The products affected are:

Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - Fine Dark Chocolatecontains soya, making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to soya.

Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - Fine Hazelnutcontains milk, nuts and soya, making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, and/or an allergy to nuts and/or an allergy to soya.

Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - With Speculooscontains milk, wheat and soya, making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten and/or an allergy to soya.

Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - Fine White Chocolatecontains milk and soya, making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents, and/or an allergy to soya.

If you have bought any of the above products and have allergies or intolerances to the following, do not eat them:

an allergy to soya

and/or an allergy to nuts

and/or an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents

and/or an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten

Please return the product to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.

Product details

Product:Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - Fine Dark Chocolate (60g)

Best before:28.8.18

Allergens present:Soya

Product:Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - Fine Hazelnut (60g)

Best before:28.8.18

Allergens present:Milk, Hazelnut,Soya

Product:Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - With Speculoos (60g)

Best before:28.8.18

Allergens present:Milk, Wheat, Soya

Product:Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks - Fine White Chocolate (60g)

Best before:28.8.18

Allergens present:Milk,Soya

Snacking pockets

The budget retailer is recallingAlesto Snacking Pocketsbecause the labelling is not in English.

This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone who has an allergy to nuts and/or a sensitivity to sulphite dioxide/sulphites.

The company has also issued a point-of-sale notice to its customers.

These notices explain to customers why the product is/products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product.

If you have bought any of the above product and have an allergy to either nuts and/or sulphur dioxide do not eat it.

Instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.